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May 15
Essay: Violence in Congo
Erin Weir
Last October I traveled to Congo with a colleague from Refugees International to assess the effectiveness of the U.N. peacekeeping operation in the troubled town of Goma, the eastern provincial capital.

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Mudslide in Masisi: Internally displaced people in eastern DR Congo
Terrible roads and a fluid security situation have hampered humanitarian organizations from responding adequately to IDP needs.
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Iraqi Refugees: The View From Syria
Many Iraqi refugees have fled to Syria, and this video details the increasingly desperate situation there.
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